Music director duos are a singular Bollywood function, and lots of have turn out to be iconic.

On this particular collection, Dinesh Raheja explores Jatin-Lalit, their music and their dynamics.

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IMAGE: Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan within the track Ghar Aaja Pardesi from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.

Jatin-Lalit’s music rating for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge is without doubt one of the best-selling soundtracks of all occasions and their Pehla Nasha is a track for the ages.

For a lot of, the Pandit brothers’ music encapsulates the vibe related to era-defining romances like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, DDLJ and Mohabbatein. Their repertoire included slow-paced charmers in addition to songs that have been bouncier than a seashore ball.

Coming from an illustrious musical background — they’re famous singer-actress Sulakshana Pandit’s siblings and famend classical musician Pandit Jasraj’s nephews — Jatin-Lalit scaled a excessive word initially with Khiladi and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992 and shortly reached their zenith with DDLJ.

Karan Johar repeated them in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham whereas Yash Raj Movies have been fixed collaborators for a decade, proper till Hum Tum (2004) and Fanaa (2006).

IMAGE: Lalit Pandit, Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan and Jatin Pandit. {Photograph}: Type courtesy Lalit Pandit/Instagram

Subsequently, the brothers had a falling out and determined to strike out independently.

The outcomes are hardly spectacular.

In actual fact, it could function a cautionary story for contemporaneous duos like Vishal-Shekhar and Sachin-Jigar.

Jatin has to his solo credit score some forgettable movies.

Then again, Lalit did skyrocket initially, because of his composition, Munni Badnaam Hui from Dabangg (2010); nevertheless it has been 15 years now and he has not provide you with one other banger.

Possibly it is time the brothers realise that in relation to established musical jugalbandis, the time-tested theorem is that two is healthier than one.

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